Teardown reveals how the Xbox One will avoid the ‘red ring of death’

Just like the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One also has a user-replaceable hard drive, iFixit’s teardown reveals. However, while the procedure appears to be easy enough provided you have the right tools and follow the appropriate steps to get to the hard drive, it’s also not officially supported.

This means that taking repair matters into your own hands when replacing the hard drive, or any other component, will void the warranty of the Xbox One and may get you into trouble later with Microsoft. For what it’s worth, the Xbox One disassembled by iFixit has a 500GB 2.5-inch Samsung Spinpoint M8 SATA II hard drive inside. In addition to the hard drive, users would also be able to easily replace other components including the Blu-ray drive and the fan.